A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi.

Lee's final text message appeared to have been sent to Herrington from near the suspect's apartment, Oxford, Miss., police chief Jeff McCutchen said, according to AP. Lee's car was later found abandoned in a parking lot, where security cameras captured him leaving that morning.

A mistrial has been declared in the ongoing murder case of out gay University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee. The long-anticipated trial for the high-profile 2022 case temporarily ended Wednesday when jurors remained deadlocked after nearly ten hours of deliberation.